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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!info.ucla.edu!nnrp.info.ucla.edu!psgrain!quack!quack.kfu.com!nsayer From: nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer) Subject: Re: Easiest way to check sound card? Message-ID: <nFsuX05@quack.kfu.com> Sender: news@quack.kfu.com (0000-News(0000)) Organization: The Duck Pond public unix, +1 408 249 9630, log in as guest. References: <mvhE18z80.Kw9@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 06:43:24 UTC Lines: 22 mvh@netcom.com (Michael Harding) writes: >I compiled the kernel to support my SB16, and made the appropriate >devices - now how do I check that it works? Go fetch xmix or xmmix. Set it so that you're recording from the mic. cat /dev/audio > testfile speak. SIGINT the cat. No cat testfile > /dev/audio If you hear yourself, then it worked. -- Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> | FORGOTTEN TRUTH #103 N6QQQ @ N0ARY.#NORCAL.CA.USA.NOAM | +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest' | The light bulb was invented by URL: http://www.kfu.com/~nsayer/ | Joseph Swan, not Thomas Edison.